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we are joined by kristen welker outside of trump tower dangerously close to traffic on fifth avenue. here on the table with us tonight, professor and frequent contributor, eddie jr. and dennis hastard and john fieri, welcome to you as well. kristen, you get to go first because of news tonight of the mention of bob dowel of the trump transition, exactly, what was that? >> reporter: moments ago, i spoke with the trump's transition official who confirmed a report of the wall street controversial that bob dole helped donald trump set up the taiwan call. why dole? the law enforcement he affiliated also does work with the taipei. that's how that link worked out. in terms of what that phone call means, there is been a pretty backlash, controversial because it has broken with decades of u.s. china policies. i have been talking to sources familiar with the president thinking who say that his transition team, president-elect trump, way before he was elected, did not talk to the possibility of having some contact with taiwan. really tried to send a strong signal to china. we heard him talk habi
we are joined by kristen welker outside of trump tower dangerously close to traffic on fifth avenue. here on the table with us tonight, professor and frequent contributor, eddie jr. and dennis hastard and john fieri, welcome to you as well. kristen, you get to go first because of news tonight of the mention of bob dowel of the trump transition, exactly, what was that? >> reporter: moments ago, i spoke with the trump's transition official who confirmed a report of the wall street...
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with us tonight to start off the conversation, nbc news correspondent kristen welker covering the president-elect in florida where earlier tonight she learned the truth behind the phrase "if you don't like the in florida, on the first night of winter for the rest of us in the northeast. and michael "mad dog" crowley whose piece on the trump foreign policy team we recommend on politico. thank you both for joining us tonight to start off our broadcast. press conference since he's been elected. he hasn't given a full press conference since july so while he answered a couple of questions it wasn't that rigorous back-and-forth that you typically get when you have a press conference but there was one more interesting nugget that came out of that back and forth. they asked him whether he saw the attacks abroad as an attack on christianity and he sort of walked that back as well and said this is an attack on all of humanity. >> michael, think about this. 74 seconds worth of access and here we are poring over all of it. among the greatest hits there, he seemed to reharden his line on muslims. is he seemed
with us tonight to start off the conversation, nbc news correspondent kristen welker covering the president-elect in florida where earlier tonight she learned the truth behind the phrase "if you don't like the in florida, on the first night of winter for the rest of us in the northeast. and michael "mad dog" crowley whose piece on the trump foreign policy team we recommend on politico. thank you both for joining us tonight to start off our broadcast. press conference since he's...
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with us tonight to start off the conversation, nbc news correspondent kristen welker covering the president-elect in florida where earlier tonight she learned the truth behind the phrase "if you don't like the weather in florida, wait about ten minutes." and our old friend michael crowley, veteran journalist, long time chief foreign affairs correspondent at "time" magazine. these days he is senior man on this same beat for politico. kristen, questions were shouted, is that all beswe should know at it and is this going to be standard operating procedure for here on in. we hear from him on social media and the occasional shouted question. >> i think what's critical to know about it, brian, is that it seemed like an attempt to appear more accessible to the press, to the public. to answer some questions when in reality as you stated at the top, he hasn't had a press conference since july. he hasn't had a press conference since he's been elected so, yes, he did get some questions but he didn't get the rigorous back and forth you typically get from a full press conference. his transition officials say
with us tonight to start off the conversation, nbc news correspondent kristen welker covering the president-elect in florida where earlier tonight she learned the truth behind the phrase "if you don't like the weather in florida, wait about ten minutes." and our old friend michael crowley, veteran journalist, long time chief foreign affairs correspondent at "time" magazine. these days he is senior man on this same beat for politico. kristen, questions were shouted, is that...
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. >> i am joined by kristen welker, i don't know what's going on. all i know is this list gets longer and the ones that came to the vineyard earlier are not getting much good time out of this. it must be frustrating for rudy giuliani and the rest. your thoughts. what do you know. >> you can imagine and of course, you had mitt romney dining with president-elect trump last week. here is how to think about where things stand right now in terms of this race for the secretary of state, you had rudy giuliani and mitt romney who are the two top contenders but chris, we have been reporting trump's world was divided into these two top contenders, a lot of people saw rudy giuliani as so much of a loyalist and too many people thought mitt romney had been critical of donald trump during the campaign. that's why you are starting to see those two contenders start to fallout of favor. president-elect trump is exploring new options including huntsman. you had trump making that controversial phone call with taiwan. >> at the same time, huntsman, had been supportive
. >> i am joined by kristen welker, i don't know what's going on. all i know is this list gets longer and the ones that came to the vineyard earlier are not getting much good time out of this. it must be frustrating for rudy giuliani and the rest. your thoughts. what do you know. >> you can imagine and of course, you had mitt romney dining with president-elect trump last week. here is how to think about where things stand right now in terms of this race for the secretary of state,...
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nbc's kristen welker has details. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump taking a victory lap in indiana. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: touting a deal to save more than a thousand jobs at carrier, from getting shipped to mexico. >> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. not gonna happen. >> reporter: the deal gives the h company, $7 million in state tax breaks over ten years, in exchange for carrier investing $16 million into its plant. but 1,300 more jobs are slated to go to mexico. sources familiar with the negotiation say one motivating factor, carrier's parent company, united technologies, has billions of dollars in contracts with the government. for the first time, pointing to a story he saw on "nightly news." >> they were going a story on carrier, and see this. >> reporter: in this story, this strong message to the president-elect. >> we want you to do what you said you're going to do. we're going to hold you accountable. >> reporter: trump saying he was using carrier as a euphemism on the trail, acknowledging it was too late to intervene.
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kristen welker. president-elect donald trump with his pick to head the national economic council today. what do we know about gary cohn? >> reporter: a couple of things. he's served as part of the securities division for 25 years. he's on the board of directors of the mercantile exchange and from the american university after a slew of picks with ties to wall street including his pick for treasury secretary steve mnuchin and wilbur ross, a billionaire investor. this is raising eyebrows. president-elect donald trump talked about draining the swamp. some critics say, wait a minute. is this actually draining the swamp or is it stocking it full of billionaires? this is what bernie sanders had to say. he said it's called a rigged economy. and this is how it works. some of the picks are going to get fierce pushback from democrats and from critics. but we have been talking to folks who are lining up here at this venue in grand rapids to see president-elect donald trump, this fourth stop on his thank you tou
kristen welker. president-elect donald trump with his pick to head the national economic council today. what do we know about gary cohn? >> reporter: a couple of things. he's served as part of the securities division for 25 years. he's on the board of directors of the mercantile exchange and from the american university after a slew of picks with ties to wall street including his pick for treasury secretary steve mnuchin and wilbur ross, a billionaire investor. this is raising eyebrows....
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nbc's kristen welker has >> reporter: president-elect donald trump taking a victory lap in indiana. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: touting a deal to save more than a thousand jobs at carrier, from getting shipped to mexico. >> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. not gonna happen. >> reporter: the deal gives the heating and air conditioning company, $7 million in state tax breaks over are slated to go to mexico. sources familiar with the negotiation say one motivating factor, carrier's parent company, united technologies, has billions of dollars in contracts with the government. for the first time, pointing to a story he saw on "nightly news." >> they were going a story on carrier, and i said wow, i want to see this. >> reporter: in this story, this strong message to the president-elect. >> we want you to do what you said you're going to do. we're going to h >> reporter: trump saying he was using carrier as a euphemism on the trail, acknowledging it was too late to intervene. >> at first i thought, i wonder if he was being sarcastic, because
nbc's kristen welker has >> reporter: president-elect donald trump taking a victory lap in indiana. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: touting a deal to save more than a thousand jobs at carrier, from getting shipped to mexico. >> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. not gonna happen. >> reporter: the deal gives the heating and air conditioning company, $7 million in state tax breaks over are slated to go to mexico. sources...
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i am kristen welker reporting from new york. from all of us here from nbc news, thank you for watching. have a great night. >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the nhl, premier league, the chase for the nascar sprint cup, and primetime's number one show, "sunday night football," only on nbc. >>> in dallas, it's been a dream season for dak prescott and the cowboys. now, coming off their first loss since september, they face jameis winston and the red-hot tampa bay buccaneers. >> all we got is each other. >> we do it as a family. we need you. ♪ work >> the bucs have climbed into the playoff picture with five-straight wins. ♪ let's get it >> powered by a suddenly dominant defense, and a
i am kristen welker reporting from new york. from all of us here from nbc news, thank you for watching. have a great night. >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the nhl, premier league, the chase for the nascar sprint cup, and primetime's number one show, "sunday night football," only on nbc. >>> in dallas, it's been a dream season for dak prescott and the cowboys. now, coming off their first loss since september, they face jameis winston and the red-hot tampa...
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my fellow road warriors, kristen welker in manhattan. we have nbc's kasie hunt in capitol hill and chris jansing not far from where we are, 15 minutes away at the site of the president-elect's rally here in fayetteville. hans nichols on the phone. kasie, i understand moments ago vice president-elect mike pence made an unexpected appearance on capitol hill. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. just behind, through that doorway behind me, around the corner is the luncheon for senate republicans today where mike pence will make an i a appearance to talk a little bit about the final agenda items here and of course what's coming up in the trump administration. we have already had a couple of issues bubbling to the surface over the course of the last 24 hours or so. obviously the effort to repeal obamacare and whether or not there may be some republicans in the house who are unhappy about how fast it might move on capitol hill. also donald trump's call and his tweets regarding taxing companies who take their jobs offshore and want
my fellow road warriors, kristen welker in manhattan. we have nbc's kasie hunt in capitol hill and chris jansing not far from where we are, 15 minutes away at the site of the president-elect's rally here in fayetteville. hans nichols on the phone. kasie, i understand moments ago vice president-elect mike pence made an unexpected appearance on capitol hill. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. just behind, through that doorway behind me, around the corner is the luncheon for...
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let's go back to kristen welker outside of trump tower. this is the second time he's come down and addressed reporters. it's pretty unusual for him we know he hasn't had a press conference since july. that is, quite a bit longer than anyone who has won the presidency in the past. president obama had a press conference pretty quickly after he had won. the campaign, though, says they're going -- their progress is going along well in terms of appointing cabinet positions. can you talk to me a little bit more about secretary of state and who is in real contention at the moment? is rudy giuliani still in the mix? >> reporter: he's still in the mix, katy. there's a sense he might not be one of the top two contenders. mitt romney very much in the mix, i'm told very much under serious can consideration. of course, there are some drawbacks with both of those candidates. rudy giuliani had questions about some of his past business dealings but he's a loyalist, he's a hawk, he's someone who's been bullish on a whole host of issues and sees eye to eye
let's go back to kristen welker outside of trump tower. this is the second time he's come down and addressed reporters. it's pretty unusual for him we know he hasn't had a press conference since july. that is, quite a bit longer than anyone who has won the presidency in the past. president obama had a press conference pretty quickly after he had won. the campaign, though, says they're going -- their progress is going along well in terms of appointing cabinet positions. can you talk to me a...
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for all this, i'm joined by kristen welker in palm beach, florida. a require opportunity for reporters to ask questions of donald trump. how much content are reporters able to get out of him? >> not a lot, joy. that only lasted, for a few minutes. they got a few questions to him. they asked him if the terror attacks have caused him to reconsider his muslim ban. i thought his answer was interesting. you heard him take credit for predicting there would be another terror attack but he didn't hear any details. what we've heard from top advisors is that he's walking the muslim ban back. and i think it underscores the fact that he hasn't given a full press conference since he's been elected. he hasn't given a full press conference since july so while he answered a couple of questions it wasn't that rigorous back-and-forth that you typically get when you have a press conference but there was one more interesting nugget that came out of that back and forth. they asked him whether he saw the attacks abroad as an attack on christianity and he sort of walked th
for all this, i'm joined by kristen welker in palm beach, florida. a require opportunity for reporters to ask questions of donald trump. how much content are reporters able to get out of him? >> not a lot, joy. that only lasted, for a few minutes. they got a few questions to him. they asked him if the terror attacks have caused him to reconsider his muslim ban. i thought his answer was interesting. you heard him take credit for predicting there would be another terror attack but he didn't...
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we get more tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> president-elect donald trump tried to put on a show of strength as his inauguration fast approaches. emerging from national security meetings today, and casting the acts of terror in europe and turkey as an attack on everyone. >> it's an attack on humanity. that's what it is. it's an attack on humanity and it's got to be stopped. >> thumping his chest when asked whether he would re-evaluate his plans to create a muslim registry or ban, a policy his aides have continuously tried to walk back. >> you know my plans. all along and it's i've been proven to be right, 100% correct. >> but mr. trump also aiming to look tough on another recent promise, getting boeing to lower its price for making two new 747 air force one planes. earlier this month he threatened to cancel the order saying it would cost $4 billion. after meeting with mr. trump today at mar-a-lago, the boeing ceo vowed the price will be lower. >> we're going to get it done for less than that. >> emerging later, flanked by generals, mr. trump also weighed in. >> we're looking to c
we get more tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> president-elect donald trump tried to put on a show of strength as his inauguration fast approaches. emerging from national security meetings today, and casting the acts of terror in europe and turkey as an attack on everyone. >> it's an attack on humanity. that's what it is. it's an attack on humanity and it's got to be stopped. >> thumping his chest when asked whether he would re-evaluate his plans to create a muslim registry...
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i am kristen welker reporting from new york. from all of us here from nbc news, thank you for watching. have a great night. when they thought they should westart saving for retirement.le then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we'll all be better prepared tomorrow. prudential. bring your challenges. >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the nhl, premier league, the chase for the nascar sprint cup, and primetime's number one show, "sunday night football," only on nbc. >>> in dallas, it's been a dream season for dak prescott and the cowboys. now, coming off their first loss since september, they face jameis winston and the red-hot tampa bay buccaneers. >> all we got is each other. >> we do it as a family. we need you. ♪ work >> the bucs have cli
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>> kristen welker, thank you. >>> let's turn to the deadly one-two punch on the violent storm we've seen this week in the southeast. dozens of tornadoes carved a trail of destruction through seven states. and the death toll from the fires has climbed to ten and many others are still missing, leaving anguished loved ones desperately waiting for word. nbc's kerry sanders brings us the latest. >> reporter: a flare-up just before sunrise in gatlinburg this morning, put out by firefighters within two hours. with the downtown in this tourist dependent anxiety because a single ember could ignite what remains. the fire storm this week, burned so hot officials say the bodies of of the missing may never be found. john and janet summers from memphis were in gatlinburg on vacation. no one has heard from them since. their three sons, alive, but in the vanderbilt burn unit tonight. >> looking for my wife. >> reporter: michael reed among those waiting three days now for authorities to tell him where his wife and police chief russell brakens. >> what is it like for you, because you have the families rea
>> kristen welker, thank you. >>> let's turn to the deadly one-two punch on the violent storm we've seen this week in the southeast. dozens of tornadoes carved a trail of destruction through seven states. and the death toll from the fires has climbed to ten and many others are still missing, leaving anguished loved ones desperately waiting for word. nbc's kerry sanders brings us the latest. >> reporter: a flare-up just before sunrise in gatlinburg this morning, put out by...
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for more on this, i'm joined by kristen welker from orlando, yamiche alcindor, and eugene robinson. kristen, if you could elaborate more on these conversations apparently inside trump world that the cia is out to get him. >> reporter: right. well, i think there's a sense and a concern inside trump world that this story line will ultimately undercut the fact that he won. i think that's why you're seeing him push back so strongly. and i have been talking to some of those who are close to him, his advisers who kind of echoed what you heard from him. could be russia. it could be china. they're not prepared to say it's russia definitively. here's what we also know. we know that the pressure is going to mount on the president-elect to not only acknowledge that it's russia but to do something about it because you have president obama saying he's going to take action against russia. we know that he has been in close consultation with the president-elect and i think one of my top headlines today, joy, is one of president-elect donald trump's advisers saying he believes that the president-ele
for more on this, i'm joined by kristen welker from orlando, yamiche alcindor, and eugene robinson. kristen, if you could elaborate more on these conversations apparently inside trump world that the cia is out to get him. >> reporter: right. well, i think there's a sense and a concern inside trump world that this story line will ultimately undercut the fact that he won. i think that's why you're seeing him push back so strongly. and i have been talking to some of those who are close to...
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ultimately, as our kristen welker explains, their hopes were dashed. [ applause ] >> reporter: texas delivering the final votes tonight, giving president-elect donald trump the 270 electoral votes needed to officially win the white house. but throughout the day, a divisive backdrop. demonstrators out in force, from arizona, to north carolina, and pennsylvania. >> stop trump! >> reporter: all hoping to dump trump, energized by charges russia tried to interfere in the u.s. election. but once again, mr. trump couldn't be stopped. >> donald trump and mike pence will be working to make america great again. >> reporter: what was perhaps most striking today, more democrats breaking away from hillary clinton, like in washington state, where colin powell got three votes, and native american activist faith spotted eagle got one vote, although two texas electors did defect from trump. all underscoring trump's win was decisive, and now official. >> it would have been a divided country no matter who won this election. and so it's incumbent on our leaders to be able to bring the country more toget
ultimately, as our kristen welker explains, their hopes were dashed. [ applause ] >> reporter: texas delivering the final votes tonight, giving president-elect donald trump the 270 electoral votes needed to officially win the white house. but throughout the day, a divisive backdrop. demonstrators out in force, from arizona, to north carolina, and pennsylvania. >> stop trump! >> reporter: all hoping to dump trump, energized by charges russia tried to interfere in the u.s....
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we get more from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: new signs tonight president-elect donald trump knew exactly what he was doing when decades of u.s.-china protocol. while top officials publicly insist the call was merely congratulatory. >> this was a moment of courtesy. >> reporter: a high level source familiar with the issue tells nbc news, mr. trump talked with top advisers about the possibility of establishing contact with taiwan for months. those talks intensified after election day. john huntsman, a former ambassador to china, now being eyed as a possible secretary of state, says, it's a smart . businessman who has become president of the united states, and who understands real leverage and how to find real leverage in that relationship. >> reporter: for his part, mr. trump has been unapologetic, tweeting, did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency? and as a candidate, he frequently took aim. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: today china firing back. the state-run newspaper writing, creating troubles for the china-u.s. the u.s. i
we get more from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: new signs tonight president-elect donald trump knew exactly what he was doing when decades of u.s.-china protocol. while top officials publicly insist the call was merely congratulatory. >> this was a moment of courtesy. >> reporter: a high level source familiar with the issue tells nbc news, mr. trump talked with top advisers about the possibility of establishing contact with taiwan for months. those talks intensified after...
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kristen welker, nbc news, orlando. >>> as we head into the weekend, millions of americans are headed for the most bitter blast of the season so far. dangerous cold and snow on the way for some big population centers. in a moment, al roker will join us. but first we go to nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: brutal blowing snow. ice, sleet, and more than one whiteout, all before winter's even officially arrived. >> it's freezing cold. >> reporter: miserable conditions for boston firefighters, battling this six-alarm blaze in windchills of minus 15 this morning. no cause yet, but plenty of problems. >> the street's frozen, so there's a lot of danger with it. >> reporter: also frozen, hoses and ladders covered in ice, stuck in place after dousing the ferocious fire. travel troubles too. in minnesota, slick roads to blame for more than 200 crashes, just today. the race is on to prevent those types of traffic troubles around the windy city. preparing for snow and cold temperatures this weekend that could feel like 19 below. not just uncomfortable, but life-threatening. who is most vulnerable?
kristen welker, nbc news, orlando. >>> as we head into the weekend, millions of americans are headed for the most bitter blast of the season so far. dangerous cold and snow on the way for some big population centers. in a moment, al roker will join us. but first we go to nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: brutal blowing snow. ice, sleet, and more than one whiteout, all before winter's even officially arrived. >> it's freezing cold. >> reporter: miserable conditions for...
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kristen welker has the report. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump tried to put on a show of strength as his inauguration fast approaches. emerging from national security meetings and casting the acts of terror in europe and turkey as an attack on everyone. >> an attack on humanity is what it is. it's an attack on humanity, and it's got to be stopped. >> reporter: and thumping his chest when asked whether he would re-evaluate his plans to create a muslim registry or ban, a plan his aides have continuously tried to walk back. >> you know my plans, all along, and i've been proven to be right, 100% correct. >> reporter: but also aiming to look tough on another recent promise, getting boeing to lower its price for making two new 747 air force one planes. earlier this month, he threatens to cancel the order, saying it would cost nearly $4 million. the boeing ceo vowed the price will be lower. >> we're going to get it done for less than that. >> emerging later flanked by generals, mr. trump also weighed in. >> looking to cut a tremendous amount of money off the price. >> earlier, mr. trump
kristen welker has the report. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump tried to put on a show of strength as his inauguration fast approaches. emerging from national security meetings and casting the acts of terror in europe and turkey as an attack on everyone. >> an attack on humanity is what it is. it's an attack on humanity, and it's got to be stopped. >> reporter: and thumping his chest when asked whether he would re-evaluate his plans to create a muslim registry or ban,...
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my colleague kristen welker is in florida near mar-a-lago. you have information on who is joining the president-elect in palm beach today. tell us about it. >> reporter: he will be meeting with michael flynn, his national security adviser. and he's getting briefedly ten officials with the military who are essentially giving him the latest information on the attacks overseas in berlin in particular. so the focus today really on national security. throughout his time here he's been holding transition-related meetings. today all about getting up to speed in terms of the latest terrorist attacks. this as we are getting interesting news from the world of trump. one of his former campaign managers, cory lewandoski will open a consulting firm in d.c. close to the white house along with the former campaign manager of dr. ben carson. there was a lot of speculation about whether he would join the trump administration. today he said i will always be president-elect donald trump's biggest supporter but he feels he can serve the purpose by being a consult
my colleague kristen welker is in florida near mar-a-lago. you have information on who is joining the president-elect in palm beach today. tell us about it. >> reporter: he will be meeting with michael flynn, his national security adviser. and he's getting briefedly ten officials with the military who are essentially giving him the latest information on the attacks overseas in berlin in particular. so the focus today really on national security. throughout his time here he's been holding...
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kristen welker is confirming something first reported by "new york times." now to the deadly oakland warehouse fire. nbc obtained this under cover video of officers walking through in october. the video is from residents who say police used the warehouse to access t roof after a party got out of hand. it raises questions about whether the police noticed that people were living there illegally and the fire hazards. joining me is steve patterson. a lot of reports of possible causes. what can you tell us now? >> reporter: the investigation now clearly under way. the atf is on scene. they are looking at a number of things. usually the investigations work like this. it's a process of elimination, a paring down in the number of causes starting with the top cause all the way down to the root cause. they have identified a 45-degree burn on the back wall. there is an atf investigation team that has a team of electrical engineers in place. they are looking at the colony, this network of makeshift living spaces on the front floor of the warehouse where there is a conce
kristen welker is confirming something first reported by "new york times." now to the deadly oakland warehouse fire. nbc obtained this under cover video of officers walking through in october. the video is from residents who say police used the warehouse to access t roof after a party got out of hand. it raises questions about whether the police noticed that people were living there illegally and the fire hazards. joining me is steve patterson. a lot of reports of possible causes....
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kristen welker is in palm beach near mar-a-lago. in is the central issue now between the trump white house and of all the foreign policy disputes, this one is front and center. and overnight, as my reporting reflects, netanyahu was able to pressure egypt, which was sponsoring this resolution on the security council on behalf of the arabs and the palestinians, pressure egyto ba down and postpone it. to get egypt to go against the arab allies and side with israel. and the u.s., i've been told, was prepared to abstain, which would be an unusual step indeed siding with the rest of the world against israel. >> it was. and it was also unusual for president-elect trump to insert himself into this discussion earlier today. transition officials telling us they did give the white house a heads up before the president-elect put out this very strongly worded statement, andrea. i'm going to read you part of the statement right now. it says as the united states has long maintained peace between the israelis and the palestinians will only come thr
kristen welker is in palm beach near mar-a-lago. in is the central issue now between the trump white house and of all the foreign policy disputes, this one is front and center. and overnight, as my reporting reflects, netanyahu was able to pressure egypt, which was sponsoring this resolution on the security council on behalf of the arabs and the palestinians, pressure egyto ba down and postpone it. to get egypt to go against the arab allies and side with israel. and the u.s., i've been told,...
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>> kristen welker, thanks so much. >>> stunning new images tonight from the terror attack in berlin. dash cam video shows the moment the speeding truck crashed into the christmas market killing 12 people. and we're learning what u.s. authorities knew about the suspect before the attack. nbc's hans nichols has the latest. >> reporter: the new video shows the truck barrelling through berlin traffic, straight into the crowded christmas market, the speed undeniable, the terror, immediate. pedestrians tonight u.s. intelligence sources telling nbc news, the man allegedly behind the wheel, anis amri, was on their radar for links to isis and was on a terror watch list. jerl an law enforcement already under fire for possible missed opportunities to stop amri. even though he was suspected of an -- of planning an earlier attack, police released him from custody. tonight police telling us, they are overwhelmed. >> we have about 600 suspect persons here, with contacts to isis and other radical groups. so we can't observe them. >> reporter: with the manhunt ongoing, the christmas markets opened to
>> kristen welker, thanks so much. >>> stunning new images tonight from the terror attack in berlin. dash cam video shows the moment the speeding truck crashed into the christmas market killing 12 people. and we're learning what u.s. authorities knew about the suspect before the attack. nbc's hans nichols has the latest. >> reporter: the new video shows the truck barrelling through berlin traffic, straight into the crowded christmas market, the speed undeniable, the terror,...
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let's start things off with correspondent kristen welker covering the trump transition with details about this apparent tillerson selection. kristen? >> reporter: brian, good evening. we did confirm according to multiple sources that president trump is going to make this announcement official as early as 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. set your alarm, it's going to come in very early, for folks who are up at that time. this is something that is an unconventional pick for a couple of reasons. one, this is someone who doesn't have diplomatic experience. he has worked for exxonmobil for 40 years, he's the ceo of exxonmobil, and as you pointed out extensively in your open, he has deep ties to russia. that is in part because he's done business all over the world. he's executed deals all over the world, and that's something the president-elect has really made a strong virtue. he said that could really benefit the united states. but you did hear members of the republican party over the weekend express concerns about it. senator john mccain saying he wants to know more about his ties to russia. and mitch mcc
let's start things off with correspondent kristen welker covering the trump transition with details about this apparent tillerson selection. kristen? >> reporter: brian, good evening. we did confirm according to multiple sources that president trump is going to make this announcement official as early as 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. set your alarm, it's going to come in very early, for folks who are up at that time. this is something that is an unconventional pick for a couple of reasons. one,...
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. >> lets dive into this, kristen welker outside of trump tower and katy tur. lets start with this clear divide that we had between republicans on interference on this. why the president-elect trump is so against this u.s. intelligence. >> for one, this intelligence would under mind his credibility and his win and his fitness to be the president. that's why they are going so hard after this. they don't want anything questioning his legitimacy. they are trying to say politics and the media who have sour grapes and they don't like that donald trump won. they are going to make this a political thing to try to stop him from getting inaugurated. they are leaving out one important thing. they are disputing that russia hacked period. what is not being disputed by anybody in the intelligence and the fbi included that russia was involved in a hack. the fbi is disputing that russia hack with the intention of tipping the scales towards donald trump. they're using that part of the news to say that this is completely ludicrous. they are leaving out the facts that russia hac
. >> lets dive into this, kristen welker outside of trump tower and katy tur. lets start with this clear divide that we had between republicans on interference on this. why the president-elect trump is so against this u.s. intelligence. >> for one, this intelligence would under mind his credibility and his win and his fitness to be the president. that's why they are going so hard after this. they don't want anything questioning his legitimacy. they are trying to say politics and the...
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. >> kristen welker is covering the president-elect in palm beach. kristen, this all started with vladimir putin telling his general they were going to fortify the russian nuclear arsenal and then just moments after the conversation between mr. trump and mika, we saw the incoming white house press secretary sean spicer take it arguably a step further. let me play it. >> we are not going to sit back as a country and allow other countries to expand their nuclear capability with the u.s. just sitting idly by. this president will take action. it is a warning. is that all it is is a warning, a restatement of policy, a new policy that flies in the face of what presidents have been saying for decades? what do we know, kristen? >> it's all of the above. it is definitely a warning, there is no doubt about it. the question is though, is it a new policy? you heard sean spicer say their intention is not to start a nuclear arms race. he was clear about that. we kw the rhetoric, the words that t president-elect is using is a sharp departure from what we have heard
. >> kristen welker is covering the president-elect in palm beach. kristen, this all started with vladimir putin telling his general they were going to fortify the russian nuclear arsenal and then just moments after the conversation between mr. trump and mika, we saw the incoming white house press secretary sean spicer take it arguably a step further. let me play it. >> we are not going to sit back as a country and allow other countries to expand their nuclear capability with the...
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kristen welker, thank you very much. we'll be back from much more and we have our pulse question today. it thohas to do with this deal. trump is out on a stunt to promote a thousand jobs, does it make you more optimistic of his presidency. 8% of you say yes and 92% of you say no. we'll head back to cincinnati with halie jackson and check in with her right after this. stick around. food you choose. with beyond, youave a natural pet food that goes beyond telling ingredients to showing where they come from. beyond assuming the source is safe... to knowing it is. beyond asking for trust... to earning it. because, honestly, our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. ugh. heartburn. sorry ma'am. no burning here. try alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. they don't taste chalky and work fast. mmmm. incredible. can i try? she doesn't have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. >>> back to indianapolis, we see gregg hayes, the ceo of united technologies being the parent company of carrier. now, it is the indiana g
kristen welker, thank you very much. we'll be back from much more and we have our pulse question today. it thohas to do with this deal. trump is out on a stunt to promote a thousand jobs, does it make you more optimistic of his presidency. 8% of you say yes and 92% of you say no. we'll head back to cincinnati with halie jackson and check in with her right after this. stick around. food you choose. with beyond, youave a natural pet food that goes beyond telling ingredients to showing where they...
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joining us now is kristen welker. i understand we've just confirmed this news in the last few minutes. is this a done deal? >> caller: sounds like a done deal. president-elect donald trump has tapped rex tellerson as you just said, and the official announcement is going to come as early as tomorrow morning. and, of course for all of the reasons that you just laid out, he is a controversial pick, particularly because of his close ties to russia, to vladimir putin, he is someone who the trump transition team spent the weekend defending vigorously, the president-elect himself, defending his record, telling him a deal maker and really touting his relationship with russia, vladimir putin, as a good thing, as a strength, something that will help the united states move its relationship forward with russia. but you have disagreement and dissension within the republican ranks this weekend, john mccain saying that he wanted to know more about rex tillerson's ties to russia. and senator marco rubio saying that having a friendshi
joining us now is kristen welker. i understand we've just confirmed this news in the last few minutes. is this a done deal? >> caller: sounds like a done deal. president-elect donald trump has tapped rex tellerson as you just said, and the official announcement is going to come as early as tomorrow morning. and, of course for all of the reasons that you just laid out, he is a controversial pick, particularly because of his close ties to russia, to vladimir putin, he is someone who the...
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nbc news correspondent kristen welker is in palm beach, florida. there's been a twitter storm. he wants everyone to know he won. >> reporter: that's right. it is clear it's getting under his skin that secretary clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. he's reaffirming that he won convincingly in the electoral college and trying to argue that he would have won the popular vote as well if he had campaigned differently. this after a war of words with bill clinton. bill clinton saying president-elect trump isn't very smart and saying the only thing he's good at is getting angry white men to vote for him. we saw a swift backlash from president-elect trump essentially saying it is bill clinton who's not very smart because he didn't remember the details of who called whom after election day. it was president clinton who called president-elect trump. but, look, this has republicans concerned. why is he tweeting again as he's holding the meetings. most relating to his transition. shouldn't he be focused on staffing up his administration, the fact he's going to be in offic
nbc news correspondent kristen welker is in palm beach, florida. there's been a twitter storm. he wants everyone to know he won. >> reporter: that's right. it is clear it's getting under his skin that secretary clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. he's reaffirming that he won convincingly in the electoral college and trying to argue that he would have won the popular vote as well if he had campaigned differently. this after a war of words with bill clinton. bill clinton...
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>> kasie hunt, kristen welker and jacob soboroff. today we are asking you the microsoft pulse question. all eyes are on the 538 electors officially voting now for the president and vice president today. a lot of questions about the electoral college versus the popular vote. is it time to re-evaluate how the electoral college works? head over to pulse. msnbc.com to cast your vote. hit me up on twitter. i will read out some of the best responses later on in the show. up next, thousands of people are desperately trying to get away from war and get out of aleppo. that's where we are headed next as the crisis there intensifies. and an update on the young syrian girl whose tweets gave the world a gripping glimpse into life inside aleppo. stay with us. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended
>> kasie hunt, kristen welker and jacob soboroff. today we are asking you the microsoft pulse question. all eyes are on the 538 electors officially voting now for the president and vice president today. a lot of questions about the electoral college versus the popular vote. is it time to re-evaluate how the electoral college works? head over to pulse. msnbc.com to cast your vote. hit me up on twitter. i will read out some of the best responses later on in the show. up next, thousands of...
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. >> kristen welker at trump tower. a bit of a surprise there from the president-elect this morning. you weren't expecting that, were you? >> reporter: not at all. he hasn't talked to reporters since the transition process began and the news of the day. essentially in a tweet calling on boeing to cancel that order for a new fleet of air force ones and boeing stopped falling on that news by the way. why significant? the official order was put into place back in 2015. the planes are expected to be finished in 2023, 2024. at that point in time, they will be 32 years old. and the current model have a life span of about 30 years. that's why you see the plans put in place. by the way, the air force one that president obama currently flies on, that was ordered under president reagan. why this is order put in place? the parts are getting old, getting tougher to replace and repair and more expensive to repair. donald trump today saying that price tag $4 billion is way too high. is that an opening bid in the latest negotiation? w
. >> kristen welker at trump tower. a bit of a surprise there from the president-elect this morning. you weren't expecting that, were you? >> reporter: not at all. he hasn't talked to reporters since the transition process began and the news of the day. essentially in a tweet calling on boeing to cancel that order for a new fleet of air force ones and boeing stopped falling on that news by the way. why significant? the official order was put into place back in 2015. the planes are...
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kristen welker outside of trump tower and kasie hunt on capitol hill. let me start with you, kristen. yes, there was opposition to sessions and price but if the transition team wanted a fight, you think they've got to get one with scott pruitt, no? >> reporter: they sure do. he is a lightning rod and perhaps clearest sign yet that president-elect donald trump does in fact plan to scale back and roll back all of those executive actions that president obama put in place to try to deal with climate change. as you mentioned, scott pruitt is someone suing the epa, but perhaps more worrisome for democrats and environmentalists, he's publicly questioned whether climate change is a reality. let's read some of the reaction we get from senate democrats. chuck schumer saying he's out of touch with the american people and with reality, craig. this from senator ed markey, denying climate change makes him unsuitable to lead the epa. expect a very big fight over this appointment. and meanwhile, breaking news. we are learning that mitt romney is here in new york not to
kristen welker outside of trump tower and kasie hunt on capitol hill. let me start with you, kristen. yes, there was opposition to sessions and price but if the transition team wanted a fight, you think they've got to get one with scott pruitt, no? >> reporter: they sure do. he is a lightning rod and perhaps clearest sign yet that president-elect donald trump does in fact plan to scale back and roll back all of those executive actions that president obama put in place to try to deal with...